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Memantine as an Augmentation Therapy for Anxiety Disorders

Objective. Glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS), may play a role in the development of anxiety. Memantine partially blocks N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors' glutamate channels located in the CNS. This paper evaluates memantine as an augmentation the...

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Autores principales: Schwartz, Thomas L., Siddiqui, Umar A., Raza, Shafi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/749796